In this book, eleven leading scholars of Hinduism explore the complex relationship between Hindu women's ritual activities and their lives beyond ritual.
The author begins by offering a brief history of the idea of the Antichrist and its origins in the apocalyptic thought in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and traces the eventual migration of the Antichrist legend across the Atlantic.
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A new paperback format on the 250th anniversary of Washington's fateful advance across the Delaware. The classic, bestselling, and Pulitzer Prize-winning work about the most precarious moment of the American Revolution is given new life in an accessible package.
In an era of tribalistic voters, rising corruption, and incompetent leadership, is democracy really the most legitimate system? “Prometheocracy” introduces a bold new hybrid system for the West, fusing democracy with meritocracy.